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By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit on April 27, sending four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station.
Space

By Graham Warwick
With modification of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 208 Caravan to autonomous operation already under its belt, Reliable Robotics has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate autonomous capabilities on U.S. Air Force aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Design changes and component supply issues have pushed back the first flight of the certification prototype for Harbour Air Seaplanes’ conversion of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
At first sight, drone delivery and vertiport development would appear only tangentially related.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Several venture capital firms and the related office at Lockheed Martin have teamed to invest $27 million in X-Bow Systems, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based additive manufacturing startup targeting production of solid rocket energetics.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
DARPA is seeking concepts and preliminary design proposals for a low-cost, wing-in-ground effect seaplane that, if taken to the next stage, could lead to the development of a full-scale X-Plane version.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
VoltAero’s Cassio 1 hybrid-electric testbed aircraft is anticipated to surpass 10,000 km of flight en route to the AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show in Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies has shaved back its forecasted revenue for 2022, but the Super Tier 1 supplier reiterated the rest of its full-year profit guidance, illustrating how the wider Western aerospace and defense industry continues to encounter headwinds in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but not enough to derail momentum.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will buy Boeing E-7A Wedgetails to replace part of its E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System fleet after months of speculation, with a prototype expected to be delivered in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK has begun negotiations to purchase another 26 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, but decisions on building toward the UK’s commitment of 138 aircraft will be pushed into the middle of the decade, defense officials have said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Hours after a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned from a privately financed sortie to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA cleared the company to proceed with a launch attempt at 3:52 a.m. EDT on April 27 to deliver the next resident crew to the orbital outpost.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne
A meeting of more than 40 nations aimed at providing military support to Ukraine will become a regular event as the countries plan to both bolster Kyiv’s defense stocks and strengthen the global industrial base to meet a growing need for materiel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The first two AN/TPY-4(V)1 radars are in production for the U.S. Air Force’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program as Lockheed Martin is preparing to move its self-funded prototype to a range for extended testing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A problem appeared on the floor of the F135 Heavy Maintenance Center here in late January: a late test had detected a worrisome vibration coming from a repaired power module inside an F-35A engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will develop and strengthen its nuclear capabilities “at the fastest pace” in preparation for a future crisis.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous electric aircraft developer Pyka has closed a $37 million Series A funding round to support production of its Pelican uncrewed crop sprayer and develop a cargo version of the aircraft.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force now wants to buy 64 fewer Boeing F-15EX aircraft than in the service’s original acquisition plan and halt procurement of the twin-engined fighter after fiscal 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin plans in the “near future” to demonstrate a high energy laser with a level of efficiency that approaches the U.S. Defense Department’s threshold for airborne applications, a company executive says.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
To keep up with hypersonic missile advancements by Russia, United States and, most importantly, China, Taiwan is reportedly standing up a hypersonic technology research and development office.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s PGZ-Narew joint venture, which is developing the country’s Narew ground-based short-range air defense system, has signed agreements with MBDA to supply the missiles for its program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Capella Space has raised $97 million through a Series C financing round that it plans to spend on further developing its automated image analysis software and next-generation satellites.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Kelle Wendling is the president of Space Systems at L3 Harris Technologies.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s long-running sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu has received a nine-year, $200 million extension.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
For its Defiant X helicopter, Sikorsky and Boeing have selected Honeywell’s engine and power systems technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion